disassembler

A computer program that examines another computer program and attempts to generate assembly language source code that would, in theory, reproduce the target program.

Noun

  1. A computer program that examines another computer program and attempts to generate assembly language source code that would, in theory, reproduce the target program.

Origin

Etymology tree English disassemble Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English disassembler From disassemble + -er.

Forms

disassemblers

Related

assembler assembly disassemble compiler decompile reverse engineering